The Battle of Fallujah Timeline

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Since 10/19 it seems that things have gone from bad to worse in the town of Falljuh. Almost everyday there has been at least one major incident killing US troops and/or Iraqis. Seems the Iraqis have been scoring a lot of hits but I'm sure that when Rummie decides it's time to crack down on these folks it will be brutal. I dread what is yet to come in this town.




10/19/03 U.S. Army military ammunition truck. The vehicle exploded when assailants attacked a convoy apparently transporting weapons and ammunition in the city.

An Iraqi was killed and another wounded here when US soldiers opened fire after they came under rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack while removing a military vehicle hit earlier by an RPG, witnesses and hospital sources said.



10/20/03 Assailants ambushed a U.S. Army foot patrol outside Fallujah. One American soldier and two civilians where killed and five others wounded in the second day of attacks. The patrol, from the 82nd Airborne Division, was first hit by an exploding homemade bomb, and then by small-arms fire.

One of the two civilians that was killed in the clash, his family said he was shot by the Americans after they detained and handcuffed him. The Pentagon said it had no information on the claim, and U.S. military spokesmen in Iraq had no immediate comment.


10/22/03 Smoke billows from a burnt US humvee that came under attack in the flashpoint city of Fallujah, 50 kms west of Baghdad. Four US soldiers were wounded in a bomb attack in the city, witnesses said. Five armoured-vehicles were crossing the city when a bomb exploded, destroying one vehicle and throwing it 20 meters.


10/24/03 Iraqi demonstrator shouts anti-US slogans during a demonstration in Fallujah. About 100 Iraqis clashed with police in Fallujah, after a giant outdoor prayer service was held in protest of US forces.


10/25/03 The US military said guerrilla fighters killed three civilians and wounded two others near Fallujah, denying the account of a survivor who said soldiers, panicking after a bombing, opened fire on him and his three colleagues.


10/28/03 Two cars burn near a police station following an explosion in Fallujah. At least six people, including school children, were killed when a car bomb exploded near the police station. Later Tuesday, eight huge explosions were heard after sundown from the southern area of Fallujah. U.S. officials in Baghdad said they were unaware of the blasts, which residents described as "deafening."


10/30/03 Iraqis loot a train, carrying military supplies, outside Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Thursday, Oct 30, 2003. The train was carrying supplies when an improvised bomb set four containers ablaze. No casulaties were reported, but the attacked sparked a frenzy of looting by Iraqis who carried off computers, tents and other supplies.


10/31/03 An Iraqi police car was set alight at the governor's residence in Fallujah.


10/31/03 Young men hurl stones towards Iraqi police officers during clashes in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kms) west of Baghdad, after a strong explosion rocked the center of the city. One person was killed when residents attacked the offices in the flashpoint Iraqi town.


11/02/03 Insurgents hiding in a date palm grove shot down a Chinook helicopter carrying dozens of soldiers heading for home leave Sunday, killing 16 and wounding 20 in the deadliest strike against U.S. forces since they invaded Iraq in March.